Still in its infancy, social enterprise as an industry is quickly moving from a slow crawl to a giant leap. The commercial world is starting to pay attention with success stories like ThankYou Group, Toms and Warby Parker leading the way and inspiring others to...

“On 1 January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at an historic UN Summit — officially came into force. Over the next fifteen years, with these new Goals that...

The purpose-driven business series features a different Business for Good every Thursday to showcase their unique giving stories. We hope these stories inspire you with interesting, new and joyful ideas on how to integrate giving into your business. From giving seeds,...

When asking whether the Buy One Give One model of business giving really helps to improve lives, it might help to follow it with another question. Whose lives are we aiming to improve? The giving model of Buy One Give One (B1G1) may appear to be all one sided –...

Based on the myriad of books on the subject (113,510 at last count) understanding, articulating, developing and growing your company culture is not as straightforward as deciphering a spreadsheet. Yet all of us readily acknowledge that a strong and clear company...

The following is an excerpt from Buy1GIVE1 Founder Masami Sato’s latest book, Giving Business. It’s available for sale on Amazon. It seems like there is a double standard when it comes to charities and businesses. But why is that? When a charity messes up and loses...